Environment Headlines

Delta tunnel details emerge

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:48 EST

By July, Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to announce plans to build a canal or tunnel to siphon water past the Delta - a multibillion-dollar project that people around Stockton have been fighting for decades.

Crash shuts down Highway 4 for hours

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:03 EST

STOCKTON - A hazardous-material spill from an overturned tanker truck shut down a major highway for most of the day Wednesday.

Sun is a burning thing

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:06 EST

There stood Doug Christensen, showing off his 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope complete with solar filter and automatic computer tracking system.

Architect says infill progress is a must

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:48 EST

STOCKTON - A lofty goal aims for thousands of new homes downtown in the coming years - a step, if achieved, toward revitalizing neighborhoods within existing city limits.

Dozens join mayor for Bike to Work event

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:35 EST

STOCKTON - Mayor Ann Johnston hosted her annual Bike to Work event Wednesday, with a morning ride from David's Pizza on Hammer Lane to downtown's Janet Leigh Plaza.

Bill paves way for Tracy-area solar project

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34 EST

TRACY - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bipartisan bill clearing the way for a 200-acre solar energy project on land west of Tracy.

Tracy gets green light for solar power project

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:53 EST

TRACY, Calif. (AP) — The city of Tracy will be allowed to purchase a 200-acre tract of land from the federal government to build a solar energy project after a bill passed giving the stalled deal the green light.

State officials release draft of Delta Plan

Mon, 14 May 2012 23:28 EST

State officials Monday released a far-ranging "road map" for the Delta of the future, a complex web of strategies intended to save the estuary's ecosystem, secure its role as a source of water for much of the state and protect some of its unique...

Solar is school's bright idea

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:59 EST

Toss those dated textbooks. Students in Jeannine Huffman's classroom find the light of knowledge in a new source.

Delta water update: Local interests 'no longer losing'

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:28 EST

STOCKTON - Much of the push and pull over water in California centers on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a massive estuary that is the source for about 25 million water users in the state.

As deadline nears, proposals surface to save parks

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:39 EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the July 1 deadline nears for dozens of California state parks on the closure list, legislators in both houses are scrambling to save them with proposals for specialty license tags and improved entrance fee collections.

'Unacceptable': Stockton levees lacking, Army Corps says

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:45 EST

STOCKTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that levees protecting Stockton are "unacceptable," its second such finding in the past two years.

Draft plan for canal delayed

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:06 EST

State officials announced a delay last week in a draft plan to build a peripheral canal or tunnel, triggering concern Friday from water districts dependent on diversions from the Delta.

If the levee breaks ...

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:44 EST

STOCKTON - It is this city's westernmost frontier, an urban finger poking into the Delta.

Delta coalition settles with FEMA over flood insurance program

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:27 EST

The practice of building in Central Valley floodplains can be traced to higher Bay Area real estate prices, population growth and policies protecting other lands from development.